23rd Annual SO/LIC Symposium & Exhibition
"The New World Dynamic: The Changing Roles of Special Operations, General Purpose Forces & the Interagency"
6 - 8 February 2012
Washington, DC
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Panel 1: The Synergies Between SOF and GPF
Moderator: LTG John F. Mulholland, Jr., USA, Commander, USASOC
- Mr. Gordon Ettenson, Deputy Director of Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, HQ USAF
- RDML Sinclair Harris, USN, Director, Navy Irregular Warfare Office, OPNAV N3N5IW
Panel 2: Resourcing the Future
Moderator: Lt Gen Bradley Heithold, USAF, Vice Commander, USSOCOM
- Mr. David Ahern, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic and Tactical Systems, OUSD(AT&L)/A/S&TS
- Mr. Jim Brooks, SES, Deputy Director, AF Strategic Planning, A8X, HQ USAF
- MajGen Paul Lefebvre, USMC, Commander, MARSOC
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Panel 3: The Human Factor - Advancing the Capabilities of the SO/LIC Warrior
- VADM (sel) Paul F. Zukunft, USCG, Commandant (CG-5), HQ USCG
Keynote Address: Transforming the National Security System to Meet the Challenges of the New World Dynamic:
- The Honorable James R. Locher, III, President and CEO, Project on National Security Reform; former ASD SO/LIC
Panel 4: Use of SO/LIC Forces in U.S. Global Engagement Strategies
- MG Michael Repass, USA, Commanding General, EUCOM
- COL Mark Rosengard, USA (Ret), former Chief of Staff and Director of Operation Task Force Dagger, SOCCENT
SO/LIC Essay Contest
- First Place: Ms. Eva Shinagel, National War College
"Hearts and Minds: Islam and Afghanistan's Moral Center of Gravity"
- Second Place: MAJ Dave Kenney, USA, Naval Postgraduate School
"The USSOCOM Trinity: Refining Special Operations Commitment to 21st Century Warfare"